Margaret Clarkson McDow McDougall (1903-1986) worked for the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression and was later known for her liberal and interracial activism. Her father was a lawyer who defended African Americans and she became an activist for liberal causes while a student at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia. She was married to New Deal administrator Robert L. "Bob" MacDougall (1901-1960). In 1977, she won an Outstanding Alumna Award from her alma mater for Service to the Community. She also served as president of the Agnes Scott College Alumnae Association from 1944 to 1946.